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In reply to the discussion: Poll: Should the Harris/Walz campaign make stops in Ohio, Florida, and Texas? [View all]Self Esteem
(1,741 posts)There's a very limited amount of time left in the campaign. It would be foolish to use one of those days (maybe three-plus if we're talking hitting up all these states) campaigning in a state she is not going to win.
The strategy you guys are pushing is the same strategy Hillary employed in 2016. It's the strategy that took her to Arizona in hopes of expanding the map instead of focusing on Wisconsin. And it hurt her.
The Harris campaign has enough states they're defending (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) that they will be setting up campaign stops in over the next month that diverting those resources makes zero sense.
Also, don't expect Republicans to bite just because you think they would. Trump's strategy is pretty clear: he's essentially focused on winning Pennsylvania and holding North Carolina. That's his strategy. Harris going to Ohio or Florida isn't going to suddenly make them concerned about either state because they know it's unlikely to change the outcome there.
It's like Trump campaigning in Virginia earlier this year. It didn't suddenly force Democrats to double investment in the state, or to send Harris there to counter it.
Harris gains very little from actively holding rallies in these states but she sure has a lot to lose.